Sports
It’s been five long seasons since this once highly decorated and respected Northwood-Kensett boys basketball program won more than three games in a season, but that’s about to change.
The Vikings, since the 2015-16 season, have won just 10 games while losing 78 with that same year being the last...
The Northwood-Kensett girls basketball team enters the 2020-21 season hoping to put the brakes on its current 13-game losing streak that dates back to last year.
The Lady Vikings, who finished last season with a 2-19 record, started the year with an impressive 44-26 win over North Iowa, but...
After making it through a summer sports season pretty much unscathed I think most people hoped that by the time the fall season and at the very least the winter season rolled around that we would be on the downhill slope of the worldwide pandemic, but we obviously are not. Cases are spiking in...
With the state football playoffs wrapping up last week it’s now time to take a look back at some of the top performers on the gridiron this season.
The Northwood-Kensett football team, who finished the unusual COVID-19 season with a 4-4 record after losing its playoff game to North Iowa by just...
Although it’s been a few years since they traveled to Des Moines to compete in the Iowa Cheer Coaches Association State Championships, leaving the team with little to no experience at the state meet, this group of seven cheerleaders, led by N-K’s longtime cheer coach Cindy Pangburn, continued the...
With the start of winter sports on the way, Iowa's student athletic associations recently released the guidelines and recommendations for COVID-19 safety measures for the seasons.
Guidance for boys sports comes from the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and for the girls, comes from...
The Northwood-Kensett cross country team wrapped up the season last Thursday when they competed in the class 1A state qualifying meet in Manly at the Town and Country Club.
While the N-K teams failed to send any runners on to the state meet, it did nonetheless have some success out on the course...
Starting the 2020-COVID-19 volleyball season with a philosophy of doing whatever it takes to get to the end with the team and coaches intact both physically and mentally, the Lady Vikings decided early on to forgo any weekend tournaments, assuring the safety of the ones they care about, but, in the...
For the past three years the Northwood-Kensett cross country teams were focused on its one star, Lindsey Davidson, who is pretty much responsible for the fact that N-K even has a cross country team. But with her success came the improvement of the others around her, and that led to a successful...
After dominating the Bison of North Iowa for over a decade, winning 13 consecutive matches dating back to 2008, it seems the tides have changed for the Lady Vikings after they lost their regular season finale 3-0 (12-25, 25-27, 17-25) to a Bison team that has now taken charge over this rivalry,...